Jamaican greater funnel-eared bat
Jamaican greater funnel-eared bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Natalidae |
Genus: | Natalus |
Species: | N. jamaicensis
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Binomial name | |
Natalus jamaicensis (Goodwin, 1959)
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Synonyms | |
Natalus major jamaicensis |
The Jamaican greater funnel-eared bat (Natalus jamaicensis) is a species of
Taxonomy
Natalus was first reported as existing in Jamaica in 1951 by Koopman and Williams based on a partial mandible collected by H. E.
Anthony during 1919–1920. They referred to the species as N. Major.
Description
Goodwin described N. major jamaicanis as being distinguishable from the "typical" N. major by its "higher, shorter, and more globular braincase, more slender, longer, and flatter rostrum, the sides of which are concave instead of inflated and convex as in major, and by the noticeably narrower inter-orbital space".[3] Their forearms are 44–46 mm (1.7–1.8 in) long. They are buffy in color.[3]
Distribution and habitat
The Jamaican greater funnel-eared bat is only found in St. Clair Cave in Jamaica.[1][4]
Conservation status
The
References
- ^ . Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ Tejedor, Tavares and Silva-Taboada 2005, p. 2.
- ^ hdl:2246/4078.
- ^ Tejedor, Tavares and Silva-Taboada 2005, p. 17.
- ^ McFarlane, D. A. (1997). Jamaican cave vertebrates. In A.G. Fincham (Ed.), Jamaica Underground. The caves, sinkholes and underground rivers of the island. (pp. 57–62). The University of the West Indies Press.
- ^ "Annual Report 2013-2014" (PDF). batcon.org. Bat Conservation International. August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
Cited texts
- Tejedor, Adrian; Tavares, Valeria da C.; Silva-Taboada, Gilberto (October 27, 2005). "A revision of extant Greater Antillean bats of the genus Natalus" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3493): 1–22. S2CID 54911652.